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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "ANNAN KOJO" <kojo_annan27@kojoannaninvestment.com>
Reply-To: k_27@myway.com
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:45:41 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNERS(UNITED NATIONS MATTERS)
FROM: Mr. Kojo Annan
Telephone: (+228) 9480580 (Lome-Togo)
Date: 09/09/2005
Good day,
I am contacting you for a very confidential business relationship. i
will go straight to the point. My name is Kojo Annan i am the son of U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan. I am presently residing in Lome-Togo.
In 1998 i worked for the Cotecna company which was awarded the prime
job of overseeing oil-for-food deliveries into Iraq in Iraq's U.N.-run
oil-for-food program which grossed over $64billion USD. The invasion of
Iraq by the US-led forces in 2003, led to the official expiry of the
program. During the course of the program, i received settlements in cash
amounting to $50 million USD, these amounts were not officially known
to the program and were awarded to me for the services i rendered to the
iraqi government under Saddam Hussein and to my Employers Cotecna ltd.
Due to ongoing investigations into the mismanagement of funds by
U.N.-commissioned probe into the now-defunct Iraq oil-for-food program (view
the website for more detailed info)
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/22/iraq.oilforfood/index.html
It is my wish to secure these funds by having them placed in secure and
trustworthy hands because of on-going investigations into my
involvements in the program. I have gone ahead to secretly hide the funds
and
also taken necessary steps to make sure this was not discovered. This was
done at no little cost. The only thing standing between me and success
now is foreign assistance to move the funds to a more secure location.
My business proposal to you is this: You Assist me to move the whole
funds abroad and keep it in a secure location. 40% is yours and the
remaining 60% i want it transferred to private accounts in Bahamas once i
have been acquitted of all charges levelled against me. I give you my
word as a business man, that the funds can be moved to you in 3 working
days, if you follow my instructions to the letter. There are no risks
involved, because i have taken care to cover all angles in this deal, I
have already handled the most delicate part of this affair.
Upon your positive response stating your willingness to assist me,
Please send me an Email to my private box: {k_27@myway.com} so that we
can immediately get acquainted with each other also provide your most
confidential telephone number. I hope for your favorable and rapid
response.
Please keep this communication very confidential and do not divulge any
of the information i have given to anybody else.
Urgently yours,
Mr. Kojo Annan.
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